Deficit Quotes

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Why should there be hunger and deprivation in any land, in any city, at any table, when man has the resources and the scientific know-how… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bush may be a strong leader in the war on terrorism, but on budget deficits he is missing-in-action. — Jim Cooper
We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight… — John Spratt
History is replete with examples of moments in time when we talk about deficit reduction and try to advance on it around the world, that… — Tavis Smiley
Generally speaking, investing in yourself is the best thing you can do. Anything that improves your own talents; nobody can tax it or take it… — Warren Buffett
Another air traffic controller fell asleep on the job, but he had a good excuse. He was watching President Obamaâ€™s deficit speech. — Jay Leno
Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. — Ronald Reagan
I don't think losing 3 million jobs, having deficits as far as the eye can go, having 2 million people lose their health insurance, turning… — John F. Kerry
At the same time, Republicans are pushing a $70 billion tax package that will overwhelmingly benefit the most wealthy Americans and actually increases the deficit… — Marty Meehan
I don't want to remember 2005 as a year that the government heaped unnecessary burdens upon American families. Stealing from the poor and middle class… — Marty Meehan
If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order to stimulate business,… — Henry Hazlitt
If the practice persists of covering government deficits with the issue of notes, then the day will come without fail, sooner or later, when the… — Ludwig von Mises
No church property is taxed and so the infidel and the atheist and the man without religion are taxed to make up the deficit. — Mark Twain
Through the practice of yoga, you come to feel confident and develop a feeling of wholeness and completeness; you are not likely to feel deprived… — Sharon Gannon
I refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. I'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle-class families to pay down the entire… — Barack Obama
Inflation is not caused by the actions of private citizens, but by the government: by an artificial expansion of the money supply required to support… — Ayn Rand
You want a better world...? Legalize pot right now. ...end the deficit? Legalize pot right now...biggest cash crop in America. — Bill Hicks
It occurs to me as I write that this "white light," usually presented dippily (evidence of afterlife, higher power), is in fact precisely consistent with… — Joan Didion
For decades, we have piled deficit upon deficit, mortgaging our future and our children's future for the temporary convenience of the present. To continue this… — Ronald Reagan
Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar of tax payers… — Ronald Reagan

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